I was so excited by the great response when Sheri put my sock patterns up for sale last night. Yeah, they are sold out at this point, but don’t worry — she placed another (big!) order with me immediately so I’ll be shipping a new stock of patterns to her very soon. Thank you so much to all of you who jumped in and bought ’em! I hope you enjoy knitting them as much as I did.

By the way, for every copy of the Healthy Spine Sock pattern that is sold, Sheri and I are donating a portion of our profits to the Arthritis Foundation. It seems appropriate, no?

I’ll continue to make my sock patterns available through The Loopy Ewe so if you see it here in progress, you will in all probability see it for sale over there soon thereafter. Unless we decide the pattern is not worthy for whatever reason.

In the U.S. we are coming up on Labor Day Weekend, the traditional end of summer. I took Friday and Tuesday off from work (and Monday is a holiday) so I’ve got a very nice long weekend. Time off work without medical appointments.

Instead I’ll be getting sock patterns ready to ship.

Lucy, on the other hand, is just primping so she’ll look pretty all weekend.

I ordered all of your patterns, and I can’t wait to get them! I love that you and Sheri are donating a portion of the profits from Healthy Spine to the Arthritis Foundation. Looking forward to more patterns!

I am totally buying one of those Healthy Spine sock patterns next time Sheri stocks ’em — I like the socks and the cause is near and dear to my heart. (Think of all the people who have to stop knitting due to arthritis!)

I can’t wait for ALL of the sock patterns at The Loopy Ewe. And of course Lucy is primping, she’s the diva, after all. I can’t believe I commenting about a cat, I’m such a “dog person.” Cats bore me. Sorry.

Have a super weekend. Hope you feel great. Put your feet up and camp out on the couch!

Yes, more sock patterns! I’m storing up for when I can knit with small needles again. I’m down to size 8 after a bout with arthritis last year. Thank you for donating some of the profits to the Arthiritis Foundation

Love the brown of your Making Tracks socks. I painted my entry wall the same color. You have very good taste in colors. But we knew that! Have a restful looong weekend.

I’m firmly in the camp of the PDF pattern knitters. Please? I won’t have to worry about loosing the hard copy then. And I already have 2 -3″ binders full of patterns. Please make them PDF? It’s ever so much easier to handle and keep everything file away neatly.

Just catching up with your blog after a few days away. I blame you for my just-made purchase of ChazDean WEN cleansing conditioners (I bought the small set of three diff kinds for fine to medium hair – Sweet Almond Mint, Lavender and
Cucumber Aloe, each 6 oz). I have lusted after it since you linked to Sandy’s blog, and I saw her hair. And now yours. Gorgeous!
Enjoy your weekend and your lovely hair. And thanks.
It’s always nice to look forward to a little something in the mail 🙂
Happy long, long weekend sans doctors! May your knitting be as a balm to you.

I was lucky enough to get all of your patterns before they sold out … wow! Better not tell Lucy that her mama’s turning into a superstar 🙂
I’m wondering about your Loopy Laces pattern – it’s my favourite. Should I watch for it in Sheri’s sneak-ups or will it be one of the free patterns?
Enjoy your 5 days off 😀

Hi Wendy, Love all the socks you’ve designed this summer. They are lovely. By the way, about the Hap Shawl book. Did you ever get it? If so, how is it? I’ve been thinking about ordering it but it’s so expensive I want to make sure it’s worth it! I have her Heirloom book which is very good. Also, I got the Cat Bordhi book last night. It’s really good. I’ve already started the first pair of baby socks and am down to the heel. But now I’m stymied. I don’t know where to go from here so I guess I’ll have to go study some more. But I love the book and think it will be lots of fun to make the socks for Himself. He does love handknit socks. Bless his heart.
Ann in Dallas where it’s almost too hot to knit.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, can you be convinced to make your sock patterns available for download? I’m too impatient! I totally missed the first offering and I’m afraid I’ll just keep missing them (as I miss out on just about everything you even mention being available at the Loope Ewe).

What a wonderful selection of socks. And, speaking of the Arthritis Foundation, have you ever tried joining one of the aquatic exercise programs developed by them? The one in my area is called Twinges in the Hinges and is held in a 89 degree pool. I highly recommend it for pain relief and general well-being. I don’t know anything about your problem but found this a life-saver myself.

For some reason, I feel like mentioning that when I was a child, I knew the game as “Snakes and Ladders,” and it wasn’t until I moved from England to Canada that I ever heard “Chutes and Ladders”. Weird, huh?

I really like this sock, especially since the heel looks kind of different. I love to learn something new as far as construction.
PS. You were asking about what we thought about Wollmeise and I finished one sock. I did really like it once i got going, little splitting problems. Will be interesting to see how this kind of unusual yarn wears.

Nice work!
Is that heel on ‘Making Tracks’ your own new architecture? I’m kind of a newbie in the sock world, but I haven’t seen that one before and it looks very interesting.
I’d like to add my vote for downloadable patterns. PayPal is extremely user-friendly for a buyer, and probably is for a vendor too.

Just got back from vacation so all your patterns had sold out—I’ll catch them on Sheri’s next update—but congratulations! And if you DO decide to go the .pdf route, please keep a few hardcopy patterns on hand; I haven’t got a printer and it’s so frustrating when a pattern is offered ONLY for download.

I ordered all of your patterns at the Sneak Up. I’m glad you and Sheri are donating a portion of the profits from Healthy Spine to the Arthritis Foundation. I suggest you continue to support Sheri by making patterns available thru Loopy Ewe since she is such a greater supporter of knitting.

CONGRATS on the sell out! But I’m not surprised – they are gorgeous patterns from a very talented knitter.
And I have to say “THANK YOU” for the donation to the Arthritis Foundation. Rheumatoid arthritis runs in my family, and while I only suffer from osteoarthritis in my lumbar spine and hips, my dear mom has rheumatoid and can no longer crochet. I’m only hoping they can discover a cure before my children reach the stage where they start suffering, too. Every little bit helps.
Give Lucy some extra chin scratches this weekend.
Denise and the Six-Pack + 1

I love those socks! When I saw them in sepia, the first thing I thought was “Criss-Cross Applesauce”, then I saw them in color and was happy that the color looked like applesauce (heavy on the cinnamon!).

Congrats on the pattern sell-out. I have yet to knit a sock toe-up, but think I would try one of your patterns first.

I love these socks. The color is great. I am finishing my first pair of toe-up socks from your book “Wendy Knits”. My friends think I am a little nutty because in the words of Wile E Coyote I keep muttering “Genius, pure genius”. These are the fastest socks I have EVER knit. I have 3 more socks waiting to be done, all your patterns from your blog and all Loopy Ewe yarn.

Very pleased to be able to buy the patterns you have come up with this summer. If you talked Sherri into hosting them as pdf downloads, you would save yourself quite a bit of work producing printed patterns. Just an idea (from someone who loves the instant gratification of dowloadable patterns!).

First of all, enjoy your long, “medical appointment free” weekend! You deserve it! I am glad that you and Sheri are donating to the Arthritis Foundation. My favorite aunt has severe RA (and diabetes). Although your ailment is different, I know the kind of pain my aunt can be in and its not a fun place to be…

And, I do look forward to knitting the Healthy Spine socks – it was one of your patterns that I ordered, – okay, I ordered one of each! Take care… : )

Count me in the PDF crowd … though I can imagine that you’d have concerns about people sharing the patterns etc. Do what seems best to you & Sheri.

My DH has had arthritis since he was a teenager so the Arthritis Foundation is near & dear to my heart. I will certainly buy the healthy spine socks when they are available again. I’m going to have to start stalking Loopy Ewe!

hi, my name’s jen and i’ve been a lurker for a while. i wanted to know how you price your patterns? is there any certain criteria you base it on (time spent, design difficulty level, etc.)? i want to begin selling my own patterns, socks and shawls and whatever else lies in the future, and any tips/tricks would be a BIG help.

BTW your sock knitting keeps me knitting socks lol. when i think that many socks can’t be knit in that short of a timeframe, i remember you.

If you decide to go the PDF pattern route, I hope you will continue to sell hard copies, too, as I really don’t want to download them. For the people who do choose to buy them that way, I hope they are backing up their hard drives. There is a saying among IT people that it is not if, but when your hard drive will die. 🙂

I hope you & Lucy & KOARC have a great long weekend! Thank you for all that you do for us. Take care.

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